Department of Geography

Scheme of Studies

 

YEAR-1                                              SEMESTER-I

 

Course Title

Credits

GEDU-101

Functional English

3(3+0)

GEDU-102

Islamic Studies OR Religious Education/Ethics

2(2+0)

GEDU-104

Application of Information and Communication Technologies

3(2+1)

GEOG-101

Fundamentals of Geography

3(3+0)

GEOG-102

Map Reading and Lab Work

4(3+1)

 

Total Credits

15

SEMESTER—II

 

Course Title

Credits

GEDU-151

Expository English

3(3+0)

GEDU-152

Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan

2(2+0)

GEDU-153

Quantitative Reasoning-1

3(3+0)

GEOG-151

Human Geography

3(3+0)

GEOG-152

Map Projections

4(3+1)

 

Total Credits

15

YEAR-2                                              SEMESTER-III

 

Course Title

Credits

GEDU-204

Basic Physics

3(2+1)

GEDU-225

Essentials of Climate Communication

2(2+0)

GEDU-201

Quantitative Reasoning-2

3(3+0)

GEOG-201

Physical Geography-I

4(3+1)

GEOG-203

Geography of Pakistan

3(3+0)

 

Total Credits

15

SEMESTER—IV

 

Course Title

Credits

GEDU-253

Arts and Humanities

2(2+0)

GEDU-251

Entrepreneurship

2(2+0)

GEDU-252

Civics and Community Engagement

2(2+0)

GEDU-254

Pakistan Studies

2(2+0)

GEOG-251

Physical Geography-II

3(3+0)

GEOG-252

Principles of Cartography

4(1+3)

GEOG-253

Medical Geography

3(2+1)

 

Total Credits

18

YEAR-3                                                          SEMESTER—V

Course No

Course Title

Credits

GEOG-301

Historical Development of Geographic Thought

3(3+0)

GEOG-302

Surveying

4(3+1)

GEOG-303

Geomorphology

4(3+1)

GEOG-30

Climatology

3(3+0)

 

Environmental biology

3(3+0)

 

Total Credits

17

SEMESTER—VI

Course No

Course Title

Credits

GEOG-351

Geographical Information Science

4(3+1)

GEOG-352

Environmental Geography

3(3+0)

GEOG-353

Remote Sensing

3(3+0)

GEOG-354

Settlement Geography

3(3+0)

 

Environment and natural resource Economics

3(3+0)

 

Total Credits

16

YEAR-4                                              SEMESTER—VII

Course No

Course Title

Credits

GEOG-401

Population Geography

3(3+0)

GEOG-402

Quantitative Methods in Geography

4(3+1)

GEOG-403

Economic Geography

3(3+0)

GEOG-498

Field Experience/ Internship

3(3+0)

EC/MC-402

Media in Disaster Management

3(3+0)

 

Total Credits

16


SEMESTER—VIII

Course No

Course Title

Credits

GEOG-451

Geography of Natural Hazards

3(2+1)

GEOG-452

South Asia

3(3+0)

GEOG-453

Hydrography

3(2+1)

GEOG-499

Capstone project

3(3+0)

CS-313

Artificial Intelligence

3(3+0)

 

Total Credits

15

Total Hours: 15+15+15+18+17+16+16+15=127 

**Research Project/Internship will be offered in 7th Semester.

Course No

Course Title

Credits

Maj/Geo-406

Climate Change Studies

3(3+0)

Maj/Geo-407

Hydro Geography

3(2+1)

Maj/Geo-408

Fluvial Morphology

3(3+0)

Maj/Geo-409

Natural Environment and Conservation Issues

3(3+0)

Maj/Geo-410

Geography of Natural hazard

3(3+0)

 

LIST OF SPECIAL SUBJECTS OFFERED

GROUP A: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

GROUP B: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Course No

Course Title

Credits

Maj/Geo-411

Cultural Geography

3(3+0)

Maj/Geo-412

Medical Geography

3(2+1)

Maj/Geo-413

Political Geography

3(3+0)

Maj/Geo-414

Settlement Patterns and Processes

3(3+0)

GROUP C: APPLIED GEOGRAPHY

Course No

Course Title

Credits

Maj/Geo-415

Natural Hazards and Management Issues

3(2+1)

Maj/Geo-416

Urban Planning and Management

3(2+1)

Maj/Geo-417

Sustainable Development of Natural Resources

3(3+0)

Maj/Geo-418

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

3(3+0)

GROUP D: REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

Course No

Course Title

Credits

Maj/Geo-419

North America

3(3+0)

Maj/Geo-420

South Asia

3(3+0)

Maj/Geo-421

Australia

3(3+0)

Maj/Geo-422

Muslim World

3(3+0)

GROUP E: GEOINFORMATICS

Course No

Course Title

Credits

Maj/Geo-423

Global Positioning System (GPS)

3(2+1)

Maj/Geo-424

Digital Image Processing

3(2+1)

Maj/Geo-425

Spatial Data Visualization

3(2+1)

Maj/Geo-426

Spatial Modeling

3(2+1)

Maj/Geo-427

Photogrammetry

3(2+1)

Maj/Geo-428

Spatial Data Infrastructure

3(2+1)

GROUP F: GEOGRAPHICAL TECHNIQUES AND METHODS

Course No

Course Title

Credits

Maj/Geo-429

Cartographic Techniques

3(2+1)

Maj/Geo-430

Digital Cartography

3(2+1)

 

YEAR-1

Scheme of Studies MS Geography

Course Structure and Semesters 

 

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hr.

GEOG-601

Advanced Physical Geography

3 (3+0)

GEOG-602

Advanced Human Geography

3 (3+0)

GEOG-603

Advanced Research Methods

3 (3+0)

GEOG-604

Techniques in Geography

2

GEOG-604P

Techniques in Geography (Practical)

1

Total

 

12

 

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hr.

GEOG-651

Science and management of climate

change

3 (3+0)

GEOG-652

Natural Hazards and Management Issues

3 (3+0)

GEOG-653

Environmental  Impact                            Assessment (EIA)

3 (3+0)

GEOG-654

Urban and Planning and Management

2

GEOG-654P

Urban and Planning and management

(Practical)

1

Total

 

12

YEAR-2 

 

Course

Credit Hr.

MS Thesis Writing in III and IV Semester

12

Grand Total

 

12+12+12 = 36

     

Scheme of Studies PhD Geography (according to ongoing HEC Policy)

Semester wise Break-up of credit hours
Course structure and Semesters

YEAR-1

 

 

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hr.

 

GEOG-801

Geography of Drought and Desertification

3 (3+0)

 

GEOG-802

Disaster Resilience and Recovery

3 (3+0)

 

GEOG-803

The Geography of Water Resources

3 (3+0)

 

Total

 

9

 

 

 

Course No.

Course Title

Credit Hr.

 

GEOG-804

Rangeland Management

3 (3+0)

 

GEOG-805

Study of land use Patterns in Pakistan

3 (3+0)

 

GEOG-806

Integrated Urban Water Management

3 (3+0)

 

Total

 

9

 

Grand Total

 

9+9=18

 

 

PhD Comprehensive exam and Thesis Writing